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WHO. 2016 ‘Inter-country Comparison of Mortality for Selected Cause of Death - Gun Homicide in Romania.’ European Detailed Mortality Database (DMDB). Copenhagen: World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. 26 July
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ICD-10 Code1: Diagnosis - Number of deaths (Crude death rate per 100,000 population) - % of all deaths
2014 population: 22,299,730
Total Gun Homicide: 5
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0224
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0045) - 0.0004%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0045) - 0.0004%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 3 (0.0135) - 0.0012%
2013 population: 22,359,849
Total Gun Homicide: 5
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0224
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0045) - 0.0004%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0089) - 0.0008%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 2 (0.0089) - 0.0008%
2012 population: 21,316,420
Total Gun Homicide: 10
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0469
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0141) - 0.0012%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 7 (0.0328) - 0.0027%
2011 population: 21,354,396
Total Gun Homicide: 11
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0515
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 4 (0.0187) - 0.0016%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0047) - 0.0004%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 6 (0.0281) - 0.0024%
2010 population: 21,431,298
Total Gun Homicide: 9
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.042
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0047) - 0.0004%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 8 (0.0373) - 0.0031%
2009 population: 21,469,959
Total Gun Homicide: 12
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0559
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 2 (0.0093) - 0.0008%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 3 (0.014) - 0.0012%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 7 (0.0326) - 0.0027%
2008 population: 21,504,442
Total Gun Homicide: 6
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.028
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 1 (0.0047) - 0.0004%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0047) - 0.0004%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 4 (0.0186) - 0.0016%
2007 population: 21,537,563
Total Gun Homicide: 11
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.051
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0139) - 0.0012%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 8 (0.0371) - 0.0032%
2006 population: 21,584,365
Total Gun Homicide: 11
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0509
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 4 (0.0185) - 0.0015%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0046) - 0.0004%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 6 (0.0278) - 0.0023%
2005 population: 21,623,849
Total Gun Homicide: 16
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.074
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 3 (0.0139) - 0.0011%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0092) - 0.0008%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.0509) - 0.0042%
2004 population: 21,673,328
Total Gun Homicide: 19
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0877
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 6 (0.0277) - 0.0023%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 5 (0.0231) - 0.0019%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 8 (0.0369) - 0.0031%
2003 population: 21,733,556
Total Gun Homicide: 17
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0782
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 6 (0.0276) - 0.0023%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.0506) - 0.0041%
2002 population: 21,794,793
Total Gun Homicide: 23
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.1055
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 7 (0.0321) - 0.0026%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0092) - 0.0007%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 14 (0.0642) - 0.0052%
2001 population: 22,408,393
Total Gun Homicide: 17
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0759
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 6 (0.0268) - 0.0023%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 11 (0.0491) - 0.0042%
2000 population: 22,435,300
Total Gun Homicide: 22
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0981
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 7 (0.0312) - 0.0027%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 1 (0.0045) - 0.0004%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 14 (0.0624) - 0.0055%
1999 population: 22,458,000
Total Gun Homicide: 19
Crude death rate per 100,000 population: 0.0846
X93: Assault by handgun discharge - 7 (0.0312) - 0.0026%
X94: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge - 2 (0.0089) - 0.0008%
X95: Assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge - 10 (0.0445) - 0.0038%
[Editor's note: Each year, countries submit their cause of death and population data to WHO. Unless an error is detected, a number of deaths is unlikely to change after processing. However, as WHO reviews its data in the wake of each national census, minor changes can be made to calculated death rates. These could account for any differences which might appear following the date on which a death rate was originally posted.]
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